Broom



(no Mode' l.)

R. D. GALLAGHER.

BROOM.

No. 335,808. Patented'Peb. 9,1886

INVENTOR:

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ATTORNEYS.

RICHARD DEAVES GALLAGHER, OF PLATTSMOU TH, NEBRASKA.

BROOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335.808, dated February 9,1886.

Application filed April 21, 1884. Serial No. 128,730. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. GALLA- GHER, of Plattsmouth, in the county of Cass and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in broomcorn or straw brooms, whereby the broom can never become loose, is strengthened, and has its upper part strengthened,so that the broom will have more spring and leverage.

The invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my im proved broom, parts being broken out and others shown in section. Fig. 2 is a crosssectional view of the stick, cup, and plate. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 4. is a longitudinal sectional view of a modification of the cup.

The stick A has its diameter decreased at one end to form a shoulder, a, and the thinner part, A, is provided with a slot, B. A collar, C, is held on the thin part A and rests against the shoulder a. The collar 0 has its lower end recessed to fit against the rounded top of an elongated cup, D, provided in its center with an aperture, through which the part A of the stick can be passed.

The broom-corn is out to the desired length, and the ends are curved and bent over in the elongated cup D, and then a piece, F, of sheet metal is forced through the slit B on the part A, and is driven down to hold the ends of the broom-corn in the cup. A nail, G, is then driven through the part A and through the piece F, and is then clinched, which nail Gr holds the piece F in place.

A wire, H, is passed through the part A of the stick between the cup D and the adjoining edge of the metal piece, and the ends of the said wire are bent over toward the free ends of the broom-corn, to prevent the corn from being forced out at the ends of the cup.

The broom-corn is bound by means of wires or cords K in the usual manner.

The cup D can be made of sheet metal or other suitable material. A broom made as herein described never becomes loosened at the handle, the piece of sheet metal gives it a good leverage, stiffens the upper part, and makes the lower part more elastic or springy.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the stick A, slotted at its lower end and provided with a shoulder, (1, of the collar 0, resting against said shoulder, elongated cup D, resting against said collar, awire passed through the stick adjacent to the under face of the cup, the plate F, passed through the slotted end of the stick,

and a nail, G, passed through the stick and plate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a broom, the combination, with the stick A, reduced at its lower end to form a shoulder, a, of the collar 0, resting against said shoulder and recessed on its lower face, and the independent elongated cup D, having a rounded top fitting into the said recess of the collar, substantially as set forth.

3. In a broom, the combination, with the stick slotted at its lower end, of the elongated cup D, the plate F, secured in the slotted end of the stick, and the wire H, passed through the stick within the cup and having its ends bent, for the purpose set forth.

RICHARD DEAVES GALLAGHER.

Witnesses:

M. A. HARTIGAN, FRANK E. HARTIGAN. 

